Films fans, prick up those ears as this week sees the release of sci-fi, CG epic Jupiter Ascending. The film is the Wachowski siblings’ first original production since The Matrix trilogy and considering their contentious output since then Thn is intrigued by their latest offering. Starring Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis, Jupiter Ascending is the story of a lowly caretaker (Kunis) who is the unknowing heir to planet Earth owing to an interplanetary life seeding programme, and thusly requires the protection of Tatum, a genetically engineered interplanetary warrior. Basically it’s Men In Black 2 meets John Carter, via The Bodyguard…oh, and also the main characters have the names of porn stars (Caine Wise and Jupiter Jones).

Enough with the details of this trite story line and stereotypical characters! All Thn has been able to think about whenever it has seen any promo material for this film is Tatum
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With 2015 upon us, we figured it was a good time to look back on the movies the millennium has brought us. And so we've dug into the archives and are re-running our Best of the 2000s pieces, from way back in 2009 when the Playlist was a little Blogspot site held together with tape and string. Each list runs down the top 10 films of each year (it's possible that, half-a-decade on, we'd put them in a different order and even change some of the movies, but we wanted to preserve the original pieces untouched as far as possible). Check out 2000 and 2001 if you missed them, and today we continue with 2002. The original piece follows below, and thanks to staffers past and present who contributed.
In 2002, the name of the game was bigger is better. Cinemagoers got a year full of sequels including "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
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